PMEA Blog

From: reuters.com
DIDIPIO, Philippines, April 2 (Reuters) - Australian miner OceanaGold (OGC.TO: Quote, Profile, Research) (OGC.AX: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Wednesday it was in talks with Swiss firm Glencore [GLEN.UL] and other firms about supplying gold and copper concentrate from its northern Philippine project.
“There has been a great deal of interest,” Stephen Orr, Oceanagold’s chief […]

From: mineweb.com
Author: Ross Louthean
Casting the exploration net on targets away from Oceana Gold Ltd’s two operating gold mines in New Zealand will be temporarily muted until the company’s new Didipio gold-copper mine in the Philippines is fully commissioned.
DUNEDIN, NEW ZEALAND -
The exploration spotlight for New Zealand’s premier gold miner, Oceana Gold (TSX, ASX & […]

From: iht.com
MANILA, Philippines: Students in a Philippine gold mining village strike gold every time they graduate at the top of their class — literally.
Robec June Calunia, a 12-year-old valedictorian, was among 10 students who received gold medals last week, said Francisco Tito, the leader of southern Diwalwal village.
The aim is to encourage students — children […]

From: Inquirer.net
By Melvin Gascon
Northern Luzon Bureau
KASIBU, NUEVA VIZCAYA – Residents of a remote village in this upland town have set up a barricade to prevent a foreign company from clearing their land and building a dam for its gold-copper project.
About 100 villagers of Didipio have been holding a round-the-clock watch over a blockade they have […]

From: foxbusiness.com
VENTURE:MIO)(FRANKFURT:WKN906167) is pleased to announce that its Philippine operating subsidiary, MRL Gold Phils. Inc., has signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the Mamanwa and Manobo Tribes and the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP). The MOA is a result of the continuing consultation process by the company with the stakeholders within the company’s […]

From:marketwire.com
CALGARY, ALBERTA–(Marketwire - April 1, 2008) - TVI Pacific Inc. (TSX:TVI) (”TVI” or the “Company”) today provided a 2007 operations review for the Canatuan Mine, located in the Southern Philippines, and operated by its affiliate, TVI Resource Development (Phils) Inc. (”TVIRD”). This news release should be read in conjunction with the Company’s audited consolidated Financial […]

From: businessspectator.com.au
By Carmel Crimmins of Reuters
MANILA — Australian miner OceanaGold expects its Philippine gold-copper project to reinvigorate its sagging share price this year as the site moves closer to commissioning.
OceanaGold’s chief executive officer told Reuters on Tuesday that the Didipio site, around 270 kilometres (168 miles) north of Manila, was expected to be commissioned in […]

From: Inquirer.net
By Redempto Anda
Southern Luzon Bureau
PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Philippines — At least 37 pending mining applications, mostly on nickel, were stopped on their tracks Monday after the local government unit of Quezon, the municipality known as the hot spot of mining projects in southern Palawan, declared it had enough with open-pit nickel mining.
“We will no […]